America's Home Front

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America's Home Front
Cartoon by Dr. Seuss. Retrieved from
http//orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.h
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Propaganda Posters
This poster uses demonizatoin to get American
support.
The US used many propaganda posters to drum up
support for the war effort. Images retrieved from
http//www.propagandaposters.us/index.html
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New Opportunities For Women
Women were also encouraged to join the military.
Rosie the Riveter was created to encourage women
to take factory jobs while the men were away
fighting.
Images retrieved from Images retrieved from
http//www.propagandaposters.us/index.html
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New Opportunities For African Americans
African American nurses http//davislearningcenter
.com/WWII20Project.html
The greater need for factory workers during WWII
provided many jobs for African Americans on the
home front.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African
American aviators in the American
military. http//davislearningcenter.com/WWII20Pr
oject.html
http//www.archives.gov/research/african-americans
/ww2-pictures/images/african-americans-wwii-248.jp
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Conservation
Propaganda used emotional appeals to encourage
Americans to make sacrifices and conserve as much
as they could to help the war effort.
http//www.propagandaposters.us/index.html
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Victory Gardens
Americans were also encouraged to grow their own
food during WWII.
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War Bonds
Americans were encouraged to buy war bonds to
help finance the war. http//en.wikipedia.org/wik
i/War_bondWorld_War_II for FDR video.
http//www.propagandaposters.us/index.html
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Japanese Internment
In 1942, FDR signed an executive order stating
that Japanese-Americans must live in internment
camps for the duration of WWII. This was because
they were seen as a threat to American safety.
More than 100,000 Japanese-Americans, many of
whom were American citizens, were forced to live
in these camps.